[2] In May 1562 the queen bought Courcelles, described as one of her "chamber women" shoes, linen, black taffeta for a skirt, and a farthingale.
[3] When Mary gave linen to her household for Easter in 1567, Courcelle was named in the account among the "femmes de chambre", the chamber women, rather than one of the ladies or maidens.
In the first weeks at Lochleven, it was said that Mary was attended by five or six ladies, four gentlewomen and two chamberers, one French and one Scottish.
[9] On Sunday 2 May 1568, it was she who received the keys from Willie Douglas and brought the queen to the postern gate where a boat was waiting for them with an escort.
An Italian account of the escape says that Mary exchanged her clothes with older of her two maids or chamberers, while the youngest brought her to the gate.